Labour Party’ Admits Peter Obi Truly Lost 2023 Presidential Election (DETAILS)
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Comrade Abayomi Arabambi, affirmed the recent statement made by Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, regarding the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Arabambi, a member of the Lamidi Apapa faction of the LP, asserted that Soyinka’s revelation resonated with the sentiments of many Nigerians.
He criticized some members of the party for not taking the opportunity to reflect on their strategies for the 2027 elections, but instead choosing to criticize Soyinka for speaking the truth that was apparent to discerning individuals.
In a released statement, Arabambi expressed his endorsement of Soyinka’s stance.
He viewed the response from the factional Chairman, Julius Abure, conveyed through his media aide, Mr. Obiorah Ifoh, as disrespectful and offensive, akin to a young upstart disrespecting his elder. Arabambi also pointed out that even Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, Obi’s home state, had previously stated that Obi’s chances of securing a high position in the presidential race were quite slim, let alone winning the elections.
“As a party, we knew that Professor Wole Soyinka was right in his submission because how does anyone claimed to have won an election based solely on pejoratives, assumption, vague rhetoric and zero evidence pointing to such being the case, but on the expectation that the actual winner would be disqualified and by some stroke of black magic, the candidate in the Third place will suddenly be declared winner without any proof of having scored the majority vote is absolute judicial madness on display by some people.
“We know we lost that election, it was true Obi and Abure wanted to do Gbajuebecause ab initio, even when the presidential campaign council was formed, in the north, Peter Obi uses Igbo as state coordinators while northerner remains their deputies,” he said.
He pointed out that one of the major contributing factors to the party’s failure was its lack of effective planning.
He emphasized that it was widely known that the party faced significant challenges in terms of logistics during its preparations for the 2023 elections, and this ultimately had a detrimental impact on its performance.
Arabambi added: “They did not support any candidate financially, they did not rent party secretariat at the ward, local government and state levels. No campaign material was produced neither was any vehicle purchased for the party at the state level
“That’s why we failed woefully. Imagine somebody that has no polling unit result sheet, no agents in majority of the polling units now turn around to claim election victory. So, how then do we say we won?”
